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GTA Training Program

What is GTA Training Program?

Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) provide academic support under the supervision of Postgraduate Programs Coordinators (PGCs) and supervising faculty. They play an essential role in the undergraduate education at the University, shouldering responsibilities significant to the learning experience of students in their departments. They are accountable to their students, the course instructor, the University and to themselves for their quality of teaching performance. CEI offers GTA Training Program every year to help GTAs get hands-on teaching skills applicable to various teaching roles.

GTAs' roles are varied across departments and divisions, subject to the requirements from PGCs and faculty in charge. This is therefore important for all GTAs to acquire a combination set of skills and knowledge to handle all possible duties assigned to them. The GTA Training Program, consisting of 6 core workshops (totally 9 mandatory hours), is designed to cover skills in marking and grading, handling students' questions during office hours, facilitating discussions, teaching tutorials, and/or conducting laboratory sessions.

GTA Training Program aims to:

Introduce the roles and responsibilities of GTAs in HKUST

Introduce the basic teaching and presentation skills to facilitate new GTAs’ teaching in HKUST

Enhance the professional development of GTAs to prepare them for lifelong career development

Who should attend the Program?

GTA Training Program is mandatory to all GTAs receiving Postgraduate Studentships. It does not matter whether you have teaching experience before, all new GTAs are required to attend all the six core workshops in one year (maximum 2 years) to complete the program and receive the Certificate of Achievement.

Fall 2018-2019 GTA Training Program

This semester, the workshops of GTA Training Program start from August to October.

The core workshops are offered in multiple repeated sessions. New GTAs can choose to register for a perferred session which works best for their schedule.

New GTAs are streamed into two groups (HK graduates or non-HK graduates) according to their education backgrounds.

HK-graduates

Non HK-graduates

Definition

Graduate GTAs whose degree is obtained from a university in Hong Kong.

Graduate GTAs whose degree is NOT obtained from a university in Hong Kong.

Duty Starts

As early as Fall 2018

Spring 2019 onwards

Study schedule (core workshops only)

Aug 2018
(No online registration is required)

Workshops: TA104, 111, 112, 122

HK-graduate GTAs are put into four groups (A-D) according to School and Department.
(click here for the timetable)

Each group will attend all the four core workshops in 1.5 days.

Remark: GTAs who are required to participate will receive email from CEI around mid-August.

Sep – Oct 2018
(Needs online registration)

Workshop: TA113

Multiple repeated sessions of TA113 throughout the semester.

Workshops: TA104, 111, 113, 122

Workshops are offered in multiple repeated sessions.

GTAs can choose to attend the workshop session that works best for your schedule.

Spring 2019

Workshop: TA123

Workshops: TA112 and 123

Elective workshops are open for all GTAs wanting to further develop teaching and learning-related skills.

The Departmental GTA Briefing Session is on 23 August for the participation of all new GTAs.

Full attendance is expected and students are not required to register for the sessions.

GTA Training Workshops

Workshops covering different aspects, core to your effective teaching, are available for the participation of GTAs in Fall and Spring semesters 2018-19. Repeat sessions are offered for all core workshops to give a greater flexibility for GTAs to select a time slot that best fits their timetable.

Space is limited and advance registration is highly recommended for workshops offered in August to October.

Workshop Registration

GTA Training Program: Please register for the workshop session according to your preferred date and time at the CEI GTA Program Registration System by clicking here from 23 August 2018 (Thursday) 9am onwards.

If problems arise upon your first-time online registration for GTA training workshops, please check whether you have activated the ITSC account by following the steps below.